ALENA ANTONOVÁ:Still Life&Pipe&match&newspaper&tea cup&spoon/coloured dry-point&etching 2007

Specification  

Continent: #Europa #Czech Republic  

Motive: #still life

Artist’s Main Feature: #The Prague-born professional artist ALENA ANTONOVÁ (1930–2021) had the long, prolific, and creative life of a Czech engraver and painter. Her professional education was from 1945 to 1955 under the strong influence of the famous professors Karel Tondl and Emil Filla. She opted unambiguously for her original method to strive from the start to express reality as she objectively saw or imagined it. Having as a main inspiration Filla’s Cubism she transformed it in her original way to create a new reality by breaking in pieces the shapes. Her main subjects were everyday still-life, a woman personage who she is like to display in her simple everyday activities (sleeping, reading letters, writing) or with combinations with her lovely cats or dogs, figures of lovers, and people talking. She had a membership in Hollar and participations in 250 exhibitions among them 35 were personal ones.   

Subject: #It is a still life with a combination of things on the round table. There is a pipe, a box of matches, a newspaper Metro, and a teacup with a spoon. The still life shows the narrative power of the artist and her perfect feeling for the details. The work of art creates a romantic atmosphere penetrating lyric delicacy.   

Age: #2007

Medium: #Dry-point&Etching

Location:#Czech #

Originality: # Original dry-point&etching

Signature: pencil signed by the author

Size (in mm): 

The overall size is ca. 270 x 150

The image size is ca. 135 x 90

Size (in inches): 

The overall size is ca. 10,5 x 5,9 

The image size is ca. 5,3 x 3,5 

Condition:

Grading: Good 

Corners: Good 

Writing to back: No

Writing to front: Signature

Stains on front: No 

Stains on back: No
Creases or bends: No

Tears: No

Pin holes: No

Artist#Graphic: ALENA ANTONOVÁ (1930–2021) was born in Prague and stay here all her life. She graduated from the State Professional School of Ceramic in Prague (1945–1948) before attending the State School of Graphic in Prague (1948–1949) where her teacher was prof. Karel Tondl and attending the Prague School of Arts, Architecture and Design (1949–1955) where her teacher was prof. Emil Filla. She opted unambiguously for her original method to strive from the start to express reality as she objectively saw or imagined it. Having as a main inspiration Filla’s Cubism she transformed it in her original way to create a new reality by breaking in pieces the shapes. Her main subjects were everyday still-life, a woman personage who she is like to take in her simple everyday activities (sleeping, reading letter, writing) or with a combinations with her lovely cats or dogs, figures of lovers, people talking. At the beginning she devoted herself to painting and further to free graphics. She use to use such media as wood-cut, linocut. Since 1991 she is a member of the Hollar Association of Czech Graphic Artists, whose members were and are professional artists of the highest calibre. Since 1983 she is a member of the Association of Collectors and Friends of Exlibris. She took part in more than 250 collective exhibitions at home and abroad and before the end of 2004 had 35 personal exhibitions.